Long Island Aerial Photographs available in Print, located in the Melville Libraries' North Reading Room (visit the information desk to be directed to the collection materials) are:
- 1930 Suffolk County photographs from Air Map Corporation of America.
- 1938 Suffolk County. Black-and-white high altitude photographs covering much of Suffolk County. From U.S. Dept of Agriculture. Stereoscopic coverage for some areas.
- 1947 Nassau County
- 1970 Nassau and Suffolk counties. High altitude black-and-white photos from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett.
- 1976 Nassau and Suffolk counties. Black and white 7.5' quadrangle format blueprints from Tri-State Regional Planning Commission. 1988 Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Black-and-white high altitude photographs from Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett.
- 1994-2002. Color digital orthophotoquads (see below under New York State).
- We hold other color and color infrared aerials of the Long Island Region from 1974.
NYC Aerials
1984. Very large-scale blueprints of all boroughs. From NY Metropolitan Transportation Council.
The library owns partial coverage of NYC aerial photography since 1974.
- Soil surveys. Most recent soil surveys from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture are based on aerial photographs. The Map Collection has an extensive collection covering the entire U.S.
- Contact the subject librarian, or visit the state clearinghouses, federal agencies, and the “Commercial Products” page for sources of other aerial or satellite imagery.
Tidal Wetlands: from Troy, NY to Montauk from NYS DEC
